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February 2016

• 469) Gita 11.55 – Absorption comes by harmonizing action and intention

January 2016

• 468) Gita 11.29 – The natural is not always desirable

August 2015

• 467) Gita 07.01 – Focus not on evicting temptation – focus on inviting Krishna

July 2015

• 466) Bhagavatam 1.8.21 – Kunti meditates on increasingly intimate manifestations of the Lord
• 465) Gita 11.40 – Appreciate that the omnipresent is present in sacred sound
• 464) Let verses be intellectual templates for meditating on Krishna
• 463) Don’t let the mind drag you away from the tasty to the tasteless
• 462) Gita 18.34 – Determination in devotion with material expectation makes devotion unsteady
• 461) The success of calling Krishna is in the call itself – Govinda damodara stotra
• 460) Treasure the intelligence that enables us to value the treasure of devotion
• 459) Gita 06.07 – To attain peace, focus on conquering the inner enemy, not dealing with outer enemies
• 458) Bhagavatam 11.08.37 – Realizing that detachment is freedom, not deprivation, is blessing
• 457) The Lord is the destroyer of the distress of the distressed
• 456) Animate meditation with the warmth of recognition – Govinda Damodara Stotra 15
• 455) Cherish Krishna as our supreme spiritual master (krishnam vande jagad-guru)
• 454) Gita 13.23 – Contemplate Krishnas proximity to bring intensity to devotion
• 453) Venkatesh Stotra 5 – Krishna’s availability for others doesn’t make him unavailable to us

June 2015

• 452) CC M 21.136 – Savor the sweetness that supersedes superlatives

April 2015

• 451) Naam Ramayana 19 – Remember the experiences of the transcending potency of the Lord’s remembrance
• 450) Naam Ramayana 18 – Purity of intention makes even an impure-seeming offering pure
• 449) Naam Ramayana 17 – Losing a battle within the world of illusion doesn’t matter if we win the battle against ilusion per se
• 448) Naam Ramayana 16 – Neither age nor species is a barrier for bhakti
• 447) Naam Ramayana 15 – Seek the blessings of the blessed

March 2015

• 446) Naam Ramayana 14 – Respond to adversity with integrity
• 445) Naam Ramayana 13 – The Lord’s mercy doesn’t leave anyone out
• 444) Naam Ramayana 12 – Devotion is the inner buffer to outer storms
• 443) Naam Ramayana 11 – Imbue devotion with desire to relish divine symbiosis
• 442) Naam Ramayana 10 – The Lord destroys arrogance and bestows transcendence
• 441) Naam Ramayana 9 – Offer the Lord the garland of our heart’s love
• 440) Naam Ramayana 8 – Let the Lord enter and enchant our heart
• 439) Naam Ramayana 7 – Seek delight in not one’s own glory, but the Lord’s glory
• 438) Naam Ramayana 6 – Let the Lord touch and transform our stone-like heart
• 437) Naam Ramayana 5 – Call the Lord to destroy the demons who disrupt the inner yajna
• 436) Naam Ramayana 4 – Make the Lord your dearest treasure
• 435) Naam Ramayana 3 – The illuminator of the universe’s illuminator illuminates our heart
• 434) Naam Ramayana 2 – The transcendental becomes accessible as the name
• 433) Naam Ramayana 1 – Seek not be conquerors of the mind, but lovers of the Lord
• 432) Gauranga Shata Nama 25 – Join the living tradition of divine glorification
• 431) Gauranga Shata Nama 24 – The Lord is the life-treasure of his devotees
• 430) Gauranga Shata Nama 23 – The Lord blesses everyone across the varnashrama spectrum
• 429) Gauranga Shata Nama 22 – Relish the dhama in recollection and association
• 428) Gauranga Shata Nama 21 – The Lord forgives and engages everyone
• 427) Gauranga Shata Nama 20 – Relish the topmost devotion in the sublimest dance
• 426) Gauranga Shata Nama 19 – The Lord releases the voidists from the void
• 425) Gauranga Shata Nama 18 – The Lord reveals and raises to the zenith
• 424) Gauranga Shata Nama 17 – The Lord’s love-filled heart conquers a jnana-hardened heart
• 423) Gauranga Shata Nama 16 – The moving Lord meets the non-moving Lord
• 422) Gauranga Shata Nama 15 – The Lord of devotion manifests the summit of renunciation
• 421) Gauranga Shata Nama 14 – The world’s challenges are meant to strengthen our devotion
• 420) Gauranga Shata Nama 13 – The divine dancer becomes the fearsome lion

February 2015

• 419) Gauranga Shata Nama 12 – The omnipotent Lord reverses the river of desire
• 418) Gauranga Shata Nama 11 – Offer the heart to our supreme pati
• 417) Gauranga Shata Nama 10 – The more we offer ourselves, the more the Lord reveals and charms us
• 416) Gauranga Shata Nama 9 – The world of love is revealed through reciprocations with intimate associates
• 415) Gauranga Shata Nama 8 – Let the ocean of devotion rescue us from the ocean of tribulation
• 414) Gauranga Shata Nama 7 – The follower of dharma becomes the relisher of the para dharma
• 413) Gauranga Shata Nama 6 – Let him take away our pride or he will
• 412) Gauranga Shata Nama 5 – The Lord is the blesser and the blessing
• 411) Gauranga Shata Nama 4 – Those who delude the Lord get deluded by him
• 410) Gauranga Shata Nama 3 – His mischief charms his mother’s heart and our heart too
• 409) Gauranga Shata Nama 2 – The supreme dancer comes to make our heart dance
• 408) Gauranga Shata Nama 1 – Relish the nectar shared by the moon of Mayapur

January 2015

• 407) Mukunda Mala Stotra 3 – Remembrance of Krishna is life’s greatest treasure
• 406) Mukunda Mala Stotra 38 – Drinking poison when nectar is available is tragic
• 405) Gita 02.49 – Take shelter of the intelligence to ultimately take shelter of the source of intelligence
• 404) Gita 07.26 – Seek reassurance in Krishna’s prescience and competence
• 403) Gita 07.29 – Devotion prevents our head-on collision with misery
• 402) Gita 02.69 – The darkness will not end if we don’t end our dark desires
• 401) Gita 14.14 – Our mental condition is consequential, as is the meditation for improving it
• 400) Gita 14.10 – Don’t be captivated by the dramatics in the theater of embodied consciousness
• 399) Gita 14.11 – Let knowledge illumine the door of the senses to welcome the holy name
• 398) Gita 05.12 – Choice of connection with Krishna is not casual but consequential
• 397) Gita 18.58 – Talents are usable but not essential for attaining Krishna’s shelter

December 2014

• 396) Gita 11.40 – Relish the symbiosis of Krishna’s omnipresence and his sonic presence
• 395) Gita 11.39 – Access the all-pervading one through sacred sound
• 394) Gita 11.38 – The source and the goal of all knowledge is known by devotion
• 393) Gita 11.37 – Contemplate the Lord’s glory to comprehend his amazing accessibility
• 392) Gita 11.36 – Cherish the godly side within to relish God within
• 391) Gita 03.08 – To engage the world, first engage the heart in Krishna
• 390) Gita 07.13 – Let spiritual desire take us from the surface to the substance
• 389) Gita 18.40 – The universality of the malady underscores the necessity of the remedy
• 388) Gita 18.62 – Let every mantra offer our heart’s surrender to Krishna
• 387) Gita 07.27 – Don’t let inconsequential dualities become consequential
• 386) Gita 14.05 – See the modes-induced feelings as alien, not our own
• 385) Gita 18.36 – Practice provides pleasure
• 384) Gita 05.29 – Knowing Krishna’s greatness and kindness grants profound peace
• 383) Gita 18.35 – Use in meditation the capacity to separate contemplation from situation seen in worry
• 382) Gita 10.01 – The tirelessly loving Lord mercifully manifests as the easily accessible holy name
• 381) Gita 08.06 – Change your contempation during meditation to change your destination after destruction
• 380) Gita 07.04 – Deconstruct the world to concentrate on Krishna
• 379) Gita 07.05 – Devotion helps us fulfill the purpose the world
• 378) Gita 09.34 – Offering is the way of receiving
• 377) Gita 18.57 – The shelter of divine intelligence reveals bhakti’s freshness
• 376) Gita 12.09 – Transform outer exposure to Krishna into inner experience of Krishna
• 375) Gita 12.08 – Let the holy name direct our inner world to Krishna
• 374) Gita 18.61 – Give control to Krishna to gain control of the mind

November 2014

• 373) Gita 14.27 – To maximize happiness, seek it in Krishna
• 372) Gita 03.40 – Don’t mistake inner misleading propaganda with reality
• 371) Gita 02.70 – Protect consciousness not by closedness but by fullness
• 370) Gita 18.46 – Worship first to make work worship
• 369) Gita 05.23 – Tolerance is not passive, but dynamic
• 368) Gita 02.61 – Use existing mind control to give control to the supreme controller
• 367) Gita 02.69 – Overcome inner resistance by choosing a higher definition of success
• 366) Gita 02.15 – Nothing is worth being distracted from Krishna
• 365) Gita 02.55 – The holy name takes our quest for happiness beyond the mind to the soul
• 364) Gita 03.16 – Absorption in higher things that connects us with the highest reality brings the highest happiness
• 363) Gita 6.28 – Let the consciousness rise towards Krishna by the staircase of divine sound
• 362) Gita 6.36 – To conquer the mind, use existing mind control in chanting
• 361) Gita 18.37 – Long-term commitment & short-term sacrifice guarantee succes
• 360) Gita 5.24 – The Holy Name is Krishna manifest outwards to take us inwards
• 359) Gita 18.56 – Meditate on the accessibility of bhakti, not its difficulty

August 2014

• 358) Gita 08.13 – Cherish remembrance of Krishna to relish the fruit of meditation
• 357) Gita 09.19 – Krishna manifests all around us to give us the chance to choose him
• 356) Gita 15.12 – Let the holy name illumine the heart with wisdom and devotion
• 355) Gita 10.17 – The nectar of Krishna consciousness awaits those who persevere with faith and intelligence
• 354) Gita 16.16 – See through materialism’s facade to focus on the supreme non-material reality

July 2014

• 353) Gita 18.21 – Go beyond immediate perceptions to relish the holy name
• 352) Gita 03.12 – Consciousness is our contribution to the cosmic cycle and satisfaction will be our return
• 351) Gita 18.62 – Transcend problems by surrender to attain the supreme peace
• 350) SB 10.47.28 – The holy name is the essence of Krishna’s confidential message of love

June 2014

• 349) Vishnu Sahasra Nama 16 – Krishna knows the field and can expertly guide us through it
• 348) Gita 14.18 – The holy name takes us out of the shackle of the modes

May 2014

• 347) Vishnu Sahasra Nama 15 – Krishna is ever-watching and ever-willing to help
• 346) Vishnu Sahasra Nama 14 – Krishna brings completeness to our existence and our longing for happiness
• 345) Govinda Damodara Stotra 1 – When all other shelters fall, Krishna’s shelter remains tall
• 344) Vishnu Sahasra Nama 12 – Our goal cannot liberate us as long as our desires are bound
• 343) Vishnu Sahasra Nama 13 – The Lord’s shelter never dwindles
• 342) Vishnu Sahasra Nama Names 10-11 – The holy name links us to the Supersoul’s purity and guidance
• 341) Vishnu Sahasra Nama Names 8-9 Krishna is the essence of material existence
• 340) Vishnu Sahasra Nama Name 5-7 Chanting helps us realize that Krishna is never far away from us
• 339) Vishnu Sahasra Nama Name 4 Connecting with the controller of time brings life back in control amidst times of chaos
• 338) Vishnu Sahasra Nama Names 1-3 Realize how the Lord is never far away from us by chanting
• 337) SB 01.07.05 – Chanting frees us from the illusion that makes unnecessities seem necessities
• 336) Gita 03.16 – Without the sacrifice of chanting, our life becomes worthless and joyless

April 2014

• 335) Gita 05.23 – The disease of material attachments can’t be cured just by knowing the disease or knowing even the cure – we need to take the medicine of the holy name
• 334) Gita 15.09 – To avoid the mind’s slavery, beg for Krishna’s service through chanting
• 333) Gita 06.27 – The pacification of the mind comes by the purification of the passion
• 332) Vedanta Sutra 04.04.23 – The liberation of the soul (anavrttih) happens through the uncovering (anavrttih) of its consciousness
• 331) Gita 02.52 – To decrease distraction, increase conviction through education
• 330) SB 10.01.07 – Let there be a symbiosis between the outer call of the tongue and the inner call of the heart
• 329) SB 10.02.26 – Krishna is the supreme reality – let not temporary realities distract us from him
• 328) Lakshmi Narasimha Karuna Rasa Stotra 8 – Beware of the fruit that promises happiness but delivers misery
• 327) Lakshmi-Narasimha Karuna-rasa-stotra 7: Counter the poison coming from the fangs of the sense objects with the nectar of devotion
• 326) Gita 10.25 – Chanting involves sacrficing that which is most dear to us for the one who is the most dear to us
• 325) Chitrakavitvani 2 – Chanting doesn’t make us give up what we naturally like to do – it enables us to do it better and do it for the best purpose
• 324) Gita 05.21 – Shut off the outer world to go deep into the inner world and relish happiness unending
• 323) Bhagavatam 11.08.37 – The holy name offers a pathway to find good fortune within misfortune
• 322) Gita 16.14 – Chanting infuses even the ishvara-bhava with dasya-bhava, thus dovetailing the controlling mentality
• 321) SB 07.09.39 – The mind’s madness can be controlled by seeking Krishna’s help through the readymade template of the holy name
• 320) Venkatesh Stotram 5 – Contemplate Krishna’s personal and reciprocal nature to bring depth and devotion into the mantra meditation

March 2014

• 319) Gita 14.11 The holy name not only brightens the innner landscape as does the mode of goodness but also beautifies it
• 318) Gita 05.24 Meditation is the way to the inner world – cherish the inner world to relish meditation
• 317) The holy name is a soft comforter and a hard protector (Mukunda Mala Stotra 2)
• 316) Gita 09.14 Strive to show Krishna our desire to break the blockages of contaminations and he will do the magic
• 315) SB 01.05.38 The holy name offers us easy accessway to deeper, richer, sweeter Krishna consciousness

February 2014

• 314) Gita 05.20 – The holy name connects us with spiritual reality and protects us from being overwhelmed by material reality
• 313) SB 01.05.36 – Chanting integrates the inner devotion and the outer service dimensions of devotional service
• 312) Gita 18.73 – Persistence on our part attracts Krishna’s mercy, unleashing the magic of the holy name
• 311) Gita 18.78 – Spiritual success is sure for the determined chanter
• 310) SB 01.05.35 – Knowledge will emerge from devotion – focus on chanting
• 309) SB 01.05.34 – The very action that causes bondage brings liberation when there is change of intention
• 308) SB 01.05.33 – Chanting appears ordinary but is extraordinary – see with the eyes of knowledge
• 307) SB 01.05.32 – The holy name is a potent medicine – focus on its potency not on its taste or on our guilt
• 306) SB 01.05.31 – Cultivate knowledge to stimulate devotion
• 305) SB 01.05.30 Look forward to the holy name’s daily parting gift of strength and taste
• 304) SB 01.05.29 – Use the power of goodness for self-propulsion in devotion
• 303) SB 01.05.28 – Gain confidence about chanting’s presently unverified potency by meditating on its verified potency
• 302) SB 01.05.27 – Taste for Krishna comes by using the gross and subtle bodies in his service and it helps us use those bodies for the perfect purpose
• 301) SB 01.05.27 – Persist prayerfully in mind control while the holy name does mind conversion
• 300) SB 01.05.26 – The holy name offers the same potent mercy as the mahaprasad of the Vaishnavas

January 2014

• 299) SB 01.05.24 – Let the gravity of our speech and conduct show Krishna the intensity of our devotion
• 298) SB 01.05.23 – Everyone has to struggle through purification – let the example of the pure inspire us
• 297) SB 01.05.22 – All our abilities and acitivities are spiritualized when we endeavor to offer our heart
• 296) SB 01.05.21 – Remember the Lord’s compassion to inspire concentration in meditation
• 295) SB 01.05.20 – Take heart from Krishna’s closeness when the heart seems cold
• 294) SB 01.05.19 – We can’t avoid being haunted – so better to be haunted by the higher taste than the lowe taste
• 293) SB 01.05.18 – Using dharma to get that which one can get otherwise underutilizes dharma
• 292) SB 01.05.17 Unsuccessful para dharma is far superior to successful apara dharma
• 291) SB 01.05.16 – Progression can become a regression if there is no knowledge of destination
• 290) SB 01.05.15 Don’t use license to rationalize for staying at the material level
• 289) SB 01.05.14 Don’t let material sounds aggravate the mind’s oscillatory tendency – let spiritual sounds minimize it
• 288) SB 01.05.13 All good qualifications attain perfection when used for the supremely good purpose of glorifying the all-good Lord
• 287) SB 01.05.12 – Cultivate conscientious concentration by contemplating the valuelessness of everything else
• 286) SB 01.05.11 – Those who let the peripheral distract them from the central live at the periphery of life
• 285) SB 01.05.10 – Don’t let deceptive surface attraction distract from lasting attraction to the essence
• 284) SB 01.05.09 – Don’t let the variety and the quantity distract from the quality and the intensity of devotion
• 283) SB 01.05.08 – When the heart doesn’t find satisfaction Krishna nothing else brings satisfaction

December 2013

• 282) SB 01.05.07 – Krishna is able and eager to guide us – we just need to express our desire for guidance
• 281) SB 01.05.06 – The Lord is detached yet masively active – Meditating on him makes us similarly effective
• 280) SB 01.05.05 – Remove the blocks that prevent Krishna’s wisdom from entering our head and his mercy from entering our heart
• 279) SB 01.05.02 – Don’t let the quest for physical and mental productivity deprive us of spiritual productivity
• 278) SB 01.05.03 – The materially magnificent can’t compensate for the spiritually deficient
• 277) SB 01.15.28 – Remembrance of Krishna removes inner disturbance even when outer disturbance remains
• 276) SB 01.15.27 – When material reality consumes us, philosophy provides the foundation for seeking shelter in spiritual reality
• 275) SB 01.15.25-26 – Our spirituality protects our humanity from degenerating into bestiality
• 274) SB 01.15.24 – Choosing faith can ensure that the very things which may drag us away from Krishna will impel us towards him
• 273) SB 01.15-22-23 – Krishna can integrate into his spiritual masteraplan disasters, even self-induced disasters – always choose faith, not doubt
• 272) SB 01.15.21 – Everything can be reduced to nothing in one moment – seek that which is the source of everything
• 271) SB 01.15.20 – Beyond all the wrongs of our life – material and spiritual – is the treasure of remembrance of Krishna
• 270) SB 01.15.19 – Humble remembrance of our excesses in our relationship with Krishna lets him break the wall between us
• 269) SB 01.15.18 – Krishna is an eminently personable God – approach him personally
• 268) SB 01.15.17 – In the moment of highest glory remember the object of highest glory to attain the destination of highest glory
• 267) SB 01.15.16 – Let the activity or passivity of our surrender not distract us from the glory of the one to whom we surrender
• 266) SB 01.15.15 – We win over our anarthas not by our power but when Krishna disempowers them
• 265) SB 01.15.14 – See the Krishna factor to make memories of our achievements into memories of Krishna’s benevolence
• 264) SB 01.15.13 – By acknowledging the orgin of our talents in Krishna and keeping him as the goal of our accomplishments, we complete the circle of loving reciprocation
• 263) SB 01.15.12 – Our devotion is the basis for, not a distraction from, our practical accomplishments
• 262) SB 01.15.11 – Dangers are opportunities to realize the reality of Krishna’s shelter
• 261) SB 01.15.10 – Let our chanting and our dramatic and traumatic times symbiotically increase our relationship with Krishna
• 260) SB 01.15.09 – Krishna provides the best intelligence inputs
• 259) SB 01.15.08 – Our calls to Krishna may not break the wall that separates us but they show him we want the wall broken
• 258) SB 01.15.07 – Let material triumphs become contributors not distractors in our devotion
• 257) SB 01.15.06 – Feel the void in the absence of Krishna, not in his presence
• 256) SB 01.15.05 – The loss of our treasures forces us to fall back on the ultimate treasure
• 255) SB 01.15.04 – Rich divine emotions await us if we just invest in Krishna whatever emotions we presently have for him

November 2013

• 254) SB 01.09.43 – Devotional remembrance is the way out of the dark room to the light of Krishna’s love
• 253) SB 01.09.42 – See conflicting conceptions as stimuli for greater absorption, not distraction
• 252) SB 01.09.41 – Treasure the glorification of Krishna the way the materialists cherish their own glorification
• 251) SB 01.09.40 – The madness of ecstasy offers relief from the madness of misery
• 250) SB 01.09.39 – See the beautiful benevolent Lord in all situations and pray for devotion to him
• 249) SB 01.09.38 – Krishna’s love is so sublime that it can be relished only by going beyond material vision
• 248) SB 01.09.37 – How can we not love the Lord who says to his devotee: ‘Let thy will, not mine, be done’?
• 247) SB 01.09.36 – When the eyes take us away, let the head bring us back to Krishna’s lotus feet
• 246) SB 01.09.35 – Chanting is the password to a life of supreme adventure
• 245) SB 01.09.34 – In every situation Krishna is smiling and waiting for us – and chanting will show how
• 244) SB 01.09.33 – Chanting redirects our attraction from agitating worldly forms to the pacifying divine form of Krishna
• 243) SB 01.09.32 – To mistake the unproductive to be productive and the productive to be unproductive is terribly unfortunate
• 242) SB 01.09.31 – Consciously withdraw the mind from worldly things to relish the enrichment and empowerment of Krishna
• 241) SB 01.09.24 – Let Krishna be on the path of not just our perception but also our meditation
• 240) SB 01.09.23 – The more we invest emotion the more we relish Krishna’s self-revelation
• 239) SB 01.09.22 – Krishna’s mercy is gloriously unfailing – so be determinedly unflinching
• 238) SB 01.09.21 – Krishna doesn’t play favorites – his favor is available to us too
• 237) SB 01.09.20 – Let petty emotions not cheat us of the richness and sweetness of loving reciprocation with Krishna
• 236) SB 01.09.18 – A meditation to prevent familiarity from blinding us to the reality of the identity of the holy name
• 235) SB 01.09.17 – Let guilt not tempt us away from our service to Krishna
• 234) SB 01.09.16 – Accepting the inconceivability of Krishna’s plan is the only way to inner and outer stability
• 233) SB 01.09.15 – When everything goes wrong even after we have done everything right, we can still do one thing right
• 232) SB 01.09.14 – When the time is bad, tolerate by seeking Krishna’s guidance
• 231) SB 01.09.13 – Don’t point fingers at others or oneself; move the fingers along the beads to take shelter
• 230) SB 01.09.12 – Amidst suffering, make the mind run towards Krishna, not away from him
• 229) SB 01.09.11 – Focus beyond circumstantial differences among devotees to our eternal agreement in devotion to Krishna
• 228) SB 01.09.10 – The Lord within manifests without as the holy name to extend his mercy
• 227) SB 01.09.09 – Be dharma jna to separate the central from the peripheral
• 226) SB 11.07.32 – Chanting helps us to take shelter of our intelligence and others’ intelligence
• 225) SB 11.07.31 – Use the intelligence to realize our need for Krishna, not to exhibit our knowledge about Krishna
• 224) SB 11.07.30 – Unravel the mystery of the happiness that comes without the normal sources of happiness
• 223) SB 11.23.61 – The way to freedom from misery is not by ending misery, but by rising beyond duality
• 222) SB 11.23.60 – Let Krishna’s reassurance of his love rejuvenate us in our strenuous struggle to redirect the mind
• 221) SB 11.23.59 – The more we realize the mind’s vital role in our life, the more we give meditation a vital role in our life
• 220) SB 11.23.58 – To face present difficulties, gain strength by remembering past realizations
• 219) SB 11.23.57 – By firmly holding on to Krishna, we automatically let go of material existence
• 218) SB 11.23.56 – The more intelligence awakens, the more fear disappears

October 2013

• 217) SB 11.23.55 – Time affects our receptivity but not the holy name’s potency
• 216) SB 11.23.54 – Krishna consciousness addresses the root of suffering that goes deeper than karma
• 215) SB 11.23.53 – Let remembrance of Krishna power our rise from the material to the spiritual level
• 214) SB 11.23.52 – Dismissing our suffering as illusion is no solution
• 213) SB 11.23.51 – Our sufferings are self-induced like one limb hurts another limb and must be self-rectified
• 212) SB 11.07.29 – When we are burning and suffering why keep ourselves away from the river
• 211) SB 11.07.28 – Be observant to perceive contradictions and probe deeper
• 210) SB 11.07.27 – Seek the goal beyond the normal goals
• 209) SB 11.07.26 – The greatest leaps forward can seem entirely passive externally – be not deluded
• 208) SB 11.07.25 – When the inner compass is on the outer map is no longer needed
• 207) SB 11.07.24 – Learn to see in the world what is taught in scripture
• 206) SB 11.07.23 – Use logical deduction, not mental speculation, to boost meditation
• 205) SB 11.23.50 – When the teeth bite the tongue, the blame game never helps
• 204) SB 11.07.22 – Krishna values the human form – do we?
• 203) SB 11.23.49 – End bhramana by ending bhrama
• 202) SB 11.23.48 – Be not sucked in by mind-triggered relationship conflicts
• 201) SB 11.07.21 – The endeavor to train the mind never goes in vain
• 200) SB 11.07.20 – To benefit from our guru, we have to become our own guru
• 199) SB 11.07.19 – We need to become intellectually responsible to benefit from Krishna’s mercy
• 198) SB 11.23.47 – Seek God’s power to break free from the godlike power of the autocratic mind
• 197) SB 11.07.18 – Be intelligent enough to cooperate with the supremely intelligent doctor
• 196) SB 11.07.17 – Singular surrender to the Lord alone enables us to taste the sweetness of his mercy
• 195) SB 11.07.16 – Seek instruction to apply instruction
• 194) SB 11.07.15 – Don’t make spiritual life unnecessarily difficult by obsessing with saying no
• 193) SB 11.07.14 – In yoga, Krishna is the master, benedictor, goal and source
• 192) SB 11.07.13 – To make meditation relishable, redirect the inner inquisitiveness from the world to Krishna
• 191) SB 11.07.12 – Meditation is a vital necessity for realignment and the resulting best contribution
• 190) SB 11.07.11 – Don’t mistake spontaneity to be whimsicality
• 189) SB 11.07.10 – Relishing our spiritual glory keeps us undisturbed amidst disturbances
• 188) SB 11.07-09 – Subordination to the Lord brings supreme satisfaction
• 187) SB 11.23.46 – With mind control everything else is unnecessary; without mind control everything else is useless
• 186) SB 11.07.08 – Disconnection with the supremely meaningful makes us seek meaning in the meaningless
• 185) SB 11.07.07 – Don’t upgrade material reality disproportionately
• 184) SB 11.07.06 – Withdraw from the world to solidify spiritual renewal
• 183) SB 11.07.05 – More important than saving the world is saving oneself
• 182) SB 11.07.04 – Kaliyuga’s degradation is a part of the Lord’s plan as is redemption through the holy name
• 181) SB 11.07.03 – Disaster is also a part of the Lord’s plan
• 180) SB 11.07.02 – The Lord’s mission is to not just set things right here but to show us the right way out of here
• 179) SB 11.07.01 – The Lord solaces us in his absence through his message
• 178) SB 11.23.45 – Chanting offers the best opportunity to fulfill the ultimate purpose of all our activities
• 177) SB 11.23.44 – Chanting provides the opportunity to stop embracing the mind and start embracing Krishna
• 176) SB 11.23.43 – The mind shapes our post-mortem trajectory; shape the mind by chanting
• 175) SB 11.23.42 – The mind is the root of all our problems and chanting is the most effective way to tackle those problems
• 174) SB 11.23.30 – Every mantra can be a giant step forward in our journey to Krishna
• 173) SB 11.23.29 – The austerity of fixing the mind on Krishna is the pathway to the ecstasy of pure devotion
• 172) SB 11.23.28 – Misfortune is mercy if it makes us detached
• 171) SB 11.23.27 – Contemplating the ultimate futility of everything material motivates us to focus on the ultimate glory of devotion
• 170) SB 11.23.26 – Let the power of illusion remind us of the al-powerful
• 169) SB 11.23.25 – The resources we have for purifying ourselves are fast running out
• 168) SB 11.23.24 – Devotion enables us to make the best contribution in an interdependent world
• 167) SB 11.23.23 – Why stay captivated by the abode of misery instead of being attracted by the abode of ecstasy?
• 166) SB 11.23.22 – Focusing on our gifts makes us receptive towards the supreme gift
• 165) SB 11.23.21 – Devotion protects us from corruption by our own greed and victimization by others greed
• 164) SB 11.23.20 – Greed makes people monstrously insensitive and destroyes relationships
• 163) SB 11.23.19 – Let money be a tool to Krishna, not Krishna a tool to money
• 162) SB 11.23.18 – Don’t let money replace Krishna in the altar of our heart
• 161) SB 11.23.17 – Letting money become our default object of thought leads only to misery
• 160) SB 11.23.16 – Greed makes our thinking uni-dimensional
• 159) SB 11.23.15 – Lethargy in devotion sentences us to self-torment
• 158) SB 11.23.14 – Obsession with artha doesn’t allow us to use it for dharma or even for kama
• 157) SB 11.23.13 – Renunciation is a gift that can come anytime Be ready to grab it
• 156) SB 5.11.16 – The mind is the foundational designation on avoiding which all other designations crumble

September 2013

• 155) SB 5.11.17 – We can’t neglect the mind by being mind-conscious; we need to be conscious of a reality higher than the mind
• 154) SB 5.11.15 – Seek a drive that will end misery not one that will continue misery endlessly
• 153) SB 5.11.14 – Krishna is closer to us than the mind – seek his shelter to break free from the mind
• 152) SB 5.11.13 – The Lord is transcendental and self-revelatory – beg for his mercy by consistent meditation
• 151) SB 5.11.12 – See the mind’s notions as temporary and illusory – and stay fixed in our real and eternal identity
• 150) SB 5.11.11 – Don’t be caught in the million misconceptions of the mind, focus in meditation on the One who is beyond them all
• 149) SB 5.11.10 – To end acceptance of material identity and activity accept devotional identity and activity
• 148) SB 5.11.9 – The mind’s home territory is matter, so be patient in counterting its reluctance to contemplate spirit
• 147) SB 5.11.8 – Let the inner lamp burn with the flame of love, not the fire of lust
• 146) SB 5.11.7 Chanting is not a ritual but a route to rise to reality beyond the reach of the mind
• 145) SB 5.11.6 – To break free from the mind’s vicious embrace, embrace Krishna’s lotus feet manifesting as his holy names
• 144) SB 5.11.5 The struggle to change what we hold in the mind can grant life’s greatest achievement
• 143) SB 5.11.4 The holy name is the goad for controlling the elephant-like mind
• 142) SB 5.11.3 Focus on the sound that awakens us from the dream of material existence
• 141) SB 5.11.2 Let the hope for material improvement not distract us from the chance for spiritual advancement
• 140) SB 5.11.1 Working on purifying the mind requires going beyond the superficial to the substantial
• 139) SB 4.9.17 – When we relish the goodness of God, even the good of this world loses its appeal
• 138) SB 4.9.16 – The mind’s contradictory currents of emotions are purified and harmonized by devotional meditation
• 137) SB 4.9.15 – Bhakti-anukula jnana highlights the difference between us and the Lord and thereby increases our attraction to him
• 136) SB 4.9.14 – Connecting the object of our hearing with the object of our meditation enriches our appreciation
• 135) SB 4.9.13 – The experience of Krishna is the ultimate doubt destroyer – Let the holy name give us that experience
• 134) SB 4.9.12 – The higher taste of devotion frees us from captivation by material emotion
• 133) SB 4.9.11 – Devotional service in association enables us to transcend all misery
• 132) SB 4.9.10 – Devotional happiness is better than all other pleasures inside and outside material existence
• 131) SB 4.9.9 – Why give up the eternal for that which is available everywhere and is just the interaction of dead matter?
• 130) SB 4.9.8 Be krita-vida (wise) to see the Lord not just as arta-bandho (reliever of distress) but also as apavarga-sharanam (releaser from bondage)
• 129) SB 4.9.7 Devotion activates our awareness of Krishna’s latent presence within everything – even our hearts
• 128) SB 4.9.6 Sincerity attracts the Lord to manifest his presence within and without
• 127) SB 5.23.14 – Obsession with artha doesn’t allow us to use it for dharma or even for kama
• 126) SB 8.3.29 As even my intelligence is conquered by illusion, I can do nothing but simply take shelter
• 125) SB 8.3.28 The power to protect the surrendered and trap the unsurrendered both demonstrate the Lord’s glory

August 2013

• 124) SB 8.3.27 The Lord is accessible by purity – and by sincerity
• 123) SB 8.3.26 The Lord is all around – we just need to become aware
• 122) SB 8.3.25 – Please rescue me from the ignorance that makes me mistake danger to be safety
• 121) SB 8.3.24 Don’t try to fit the Lord into our conceptual cupboard; just serve him
• 120) SB 8.3.23 When we go to the substratum of reality our consciosuness attains stability
• 119) SB 8.3.22 Meditation unites the creature with the creator
• 118) SB 8.3.21 Krishna being transcendental understands our difficulties and sees beyond to them to our devotional heart
• 117) SB 8.3.20 Give yourself the chance to relish the anand-samudra
• 116) SB 8.3.19 Speak the Lord’s glories not to remind him but to remind ourselves of them and to express our faith to him
• 115) SB 8.3.18 The Lord of all knowledge can make the attached detached and can show the opportunity in adversity
• 114) SB 8.3.17 The Lord never tires in connecting with us; why should we tire in connecting with him?

July 2013

• 113) SB 8.3.16 We need purification to approach the Lord, but he can approach us through revelation even when we are impure
• 112) SB 8.3.15 Use philosophical contemplation to discover the connection of everything with Krishna
• 111) SB 8.3.14 The unreal appears real because of the real; so be attracted to the real, not the unreal
• 110) SB 8.3.13 Nothing that happens is outside the Lord’s plan. Pray to comprehend our part in it.
• 109) SB 8.3.12 The innumerable forms of the Lord manifest his infinite love for us
• 108) SB 8.3.11 To let Krishna give us transcendental happiness, we need to direct our consciousness towards transcendence
• 107) SB 8.3.10 Praying for revelation is far better than playing with speculation
• 106) SB 8.3.9 Let Krishna do his ascharya karma in the heart
• 105) SB 8.3.8 The Lord’s coming to us is far more extraordinary than our going to him
• 104) SB 8.3.7 By glorifying those who are close to the Lord our heart goes closer to the Lord
• 103) SB 8.3.6 Let us not mistake our ignorance of meaning to be the absence of meaning
• 102) SB 8.3.5 Let the darkness around become the impetus to seek the undiminishing light
• 101) SB 8.3.4 Philosphical contemplation on the Lord’s position stabilizes our inner position
• 100) SB 8.3.3 Krishna being immanent and transcendent is eminently capable of helping us
• 99) SB 8.3.2 Philosophical absorption in the Lords glories is not meant only for study time or preaching time
• 98) SB 7.9.50 The resolution to engage in devotional service with the implicit prayer for aid in keeping that resolution is the conclusive prayer
• 97) SB 7.9.49 Go beyond the irreligious and the religious to the transcendental Lord
• 96) SB 7.9.48 Devotion is not about disconnecting ourselves from the world but about reconnecting everything including ourselves with its source
• 95) SB 7.9.47 The vision of devotion reveals how the Lord pervades everything and yet transceds everything
• 94) SB 7.9.46 Superficial religious practices abuse the transcendental for gaining the material
• 93) SB 7.9.45 The power of illusion can be overcome only by the power of the Lord
• 92) SB 7.9.44 A devotee is neither materially nor spiritually selfish but works to continue the tradition of compassion
• 91) SB 7.9.43 The test of spiritual advancement is the change in our understanding of who is missing what
• 90) SB 7.9.42 The Lord can do anything and He does do anything for his devotees
• 89) SB 7.9.41 Devotional realism starts with initial pessimism and leads to supreme optimism
• 88) SB 7.9.40 We are besieged by our inimical senses and need Krishna’s help to break free
• 87) SB 7.9.39 – Krishna alone can help us check the misdirected energy of the mind
• 86) SB 7.9.38 Krishna never forsakes us in our battle against adharma
• 85) SB 7.9.37 – When the modes of passion and ignorance attack, appeal to the Lord to appear to rescue us
• 84) 7.9.36 – The sweet fruit of austerity makes all the trouble more than worthwhile
• 83) SB 7.9.35 – Purification must precede illumination

June 2013

• 82) SB 7.9.34 Accepting the futility of searching with the senses starts of our real search
• 81) SB 7.9.33 The intellectual search for first principles takes us to the cause of all causes

May 2013

• 80) SB 7.9.33 Contemplating Krishnas greatness stimulates and spiritualizes our neediness
• 79) SB 7.9.31 By meditating how everything belongs to Krishna we can unburden ourselves of the illusion of being the protector and focus on offering our heart to Krishna
• 78) SB 7.9.30 By seeing Krishna where he is manifest we can learn to see him everywhere
• 77) SB 7.9.29 By offering credit to others we empty ourselves of ourselves so that Krishna can fill us
• 76) SB 7.9.28 Be grateful for the guru’s interrupting our journey to misery
• 75) 7.9.27 The Lord reciprocates with our service – not our designation
• 74) SB 7.9.26 Conscious meditation on our blessings deepens our appreciation for the Lord
• 73) SB 7.9.25 Analysis alone is not enough to overcome illusion
• 72) SB 7.9.23 The illusion of power sets us up for the agony of powerlessness
• 71) SB 7.9.24 The education and conviction that brings about redirection
• 70) SB 7.9.22 How we are being crushed by the wheel of time and how we can break free
• 69) SB 7.9.20 As all material inquisitiveness ends in Krishna let us put aside the inquisitiveness and focus on Krishna
• 68) SB 7.9.21 Only by kindling spiritual desires can we stop the mind from generating material desires
• 67) SB 7.9.19 Let the apparent protectors not distract me from the actual protector
• 66) SB 7.9.18 The Lord’s pastimes are not for entertainment but for being entered into
• 65) SB 7.9.17 The whole business of material desirables and undesirables is undesirable; I desire only your service
• 64) SB 7.9.16 A healthy fear of material existence engenders a healthy longing for Krishna
• 63) SB 7.9.15 See beyond the adversity at the surface of reality to the love at its substance
• 62) SB 7.9.14 Remember the Holy Name to get deliverance from the Hiranyakashipus within
• 61) SB 7.9.13 – The Lord appears for our protection and his pleasure
• 60) SB 7.9.12 – Krishna’s glorification is for our purification and so doesn’t rest on material or spirtiual qualification
• 59) SB 7.9.11 – The ultimate experience of devotional mysticism
• 58) SB 7.9.10 – False shelters that keep us away from the true shelter
• 57) SB 7.9.9 – What Krishna knows and what he wants to know when we approach him
• 56) SB 7.9.8 The feeling that we are disqualified makes us qualified
• 55) SB 1.5.19 The higher taste has permanently destroyed us for the lower taste
• 54) SB 1.5.18 Why not try the one thing we have never achieved
• 53) SB 1.5.14 Let the wind not distract the mind
• 52) SB 1.5.12 Re-education of values is essential for the redirection of the heart
• 51) SB 1.5.2 Put peripherals aside to focus on Krishna unrestrictedly and undistractedly

March 2013

• 50) Mukunda Mala Stotra 19 – Redefining our conceptions of greatness

August 2012

• 49) Mukunda Mala Stotra 21 – 4 When bathing in holy places becomes like an elephant bathing
• 48) Mukunda Mala Stotra 21 – 3 When prescribed duties become like oblations in ashes
• 47) Mukunda Mala Stotra 21 – 2: When fasting becomes a mere fat reducing exercise
• 46) Mukunda Mala Stotra 21 – 1: When scriptural study becomes like crying in the wilderness
• 45) Mukunda Mala Stotra 17 – The holy name offers us employment with the ultimate master
• 44) Mukunda Mala Stotra 9 – No better happiness than the remembrance of Krishna
• 43) Mukunda Mala Stotra 16 – The only rescue from the waves of material existence
• 42) Mukunda Mala Stotra 8 – The lake that rescues from the desert
• 41) Mukunda Mala Stotra 10 – 2 Krishna is competent and eager to reciprocate with us
• 40) Mukunda Mala Stotra 10 – 1 The remover of misfortune the bestower of fortune
• 39) Mukunda Mala Stotray 29 – Neglecting the holy name is an invitation for disaster

July 2012

• 38) Mukunda Mala Stotra 15 – 2: The ultimate nectar that bestows supreme liberation
• 37) Mukunda Mala Stotra 15-1: The holy name illuminates our inner landscape
• 36) Mukunda Mala Stotra 40: The holy name de-glamorizes the sense objects
• 35) Mukunda Mala Stotra 26 – Joyfully attain that which is transcendental to transcendence
• 34) Mukunda Mala Stotra 38 – Why give up nectar for poison?
• 33) Mukunda Mala Stotra 41 – Countering the poison of the enjoying mentality
• 32) Mukunda Mala Stotra 47: Although i am chanting why am i still suffering?
• 31) Mukunda Mala Stotra 31 – 7 The mantra that brings success in this life and the next
• 30) Mukunda Mala Stotra 31 – 6 The mantra that relieves the snakebite of misery
• 29) Mukunda Mala Stotra 31 – 5 Count the holy names as one counts money for the holy name offers the ultimate enrichment
• 28) Mukunda Mala Stotra 31 – 4: The spade that digs out the buried treasure
• 27) Mukunda Mala Stotra 31 – 3 – The mantra that uproots material existence
• 26) Mukunda Mala Stotra 31 – 2 The mantra that bypasses and surpasses the intellect
• 25) Mukunda Mala Stotra 31 – 1 The mantra that destroys inner enemies
• 24) Mukunda Mala Stotra 32 – 4: Return back to our real life by the grace of the holy name
• 23) Mukunda Mala Stotra 32- 8:O mind, please drink the medicine of the holy name
• 22) Mukunda Mala Stotra 32 – 7: The holy name empowers us to stick to our resolutions
• 21) Mukunda Mala Stotra 32 – 6: The holy name frees us from fears worse than death
• 20) Mukunda Mala Stotra 32 – 5: The holy name enables us to relish the ultimate purpose of existence in this very life
• 19) Mukunda Mala Stotra 32 – 3: Pay back the tormentors of the mind in their own coin
• 18) Mukunda Mala Stotra 32 – 2: The holy name helps us see in life what we hear in scripture
• 17) Mukunda Mala Stotra 32 – I The holy name takes us beyond sense control to mind control
• 16) Mukunda mala stotra 3: Remembrance of Krishna is the greatest achievement and the greatest blessing
• 15) Govinda Damodara Stotra 38: Chanting offers us an opportunity to reciprocate with Krishna’s expressions of love
• 14) Govinda Damodara Stotra 52: Happiness at our tongue-tips
• 13) Govinda Damodara Stotra 54: Krishna is the only sustainably satisfying object of thought
• 12) Govinda Damodara Stotra 1: Pray like Draupadi to replace the finite with the infinite
• 11) Govinda Damodara Stotra 56: The holy name is the shelter beyond pleasure and pain
• 10) Govinda Damodara Stotra 25: Neglect the world for the sake of the Holy Name
• 9) Govinda Damodara Stotra 9: Let the tongue be a swan that feasts on the lotus of Krishna’s holy name
• 8) Harer Namashtakam 8 – Let the world go to the background and let the holy name come the foreground of consciousness
• 7) Harer Namashtakam 6: The misfortune of missing the fortune
• 6) Harer Namashtakam 7: The fruit of service is the increased desire to serve

June 2012

• 5) Harer Namashtakam 5: Access the holy name by the mercy of the Bhagavatas
• 4) Harer Namashtakam 2 Japa forces us to practice bhakti undistractedly
• 3) Harer Namashtakam 4 We have to make up for lost time, not lose more time
• 2) Harer Namashtakam 3 Transform respect for the spiritual master into service to the holy name
• 1) Harer Namashtakam 1 Persevering till we get taste